Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Qutb al-Din Mawdud, AH 544-565 / AD 1149-1170. Dirham (Bronze, 31 mm, 12.64 g, 5 h), AH 557 = AD 1161/2. Bare head with dishevelled hair facing slightly to left; above, two winged figures (Angels); in field to left and right, date in Arabic. Rev. In inner field, 'al-Malik al-adil / al-alim Malik umara / al-Sharq wa al-Gharb / Tughril Tekin Atabeg'; around, 'Mawdud ibn Aqsunqur ibn Zengi'; all in Arabic. Spengler & Sayles 59.3. Very fine.


From an important collection of Ayyubid and post-Seljuk coins.